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Chinese military blasts UK frigate’s passage through Taiwan Strait as an ‘opportunistic’ stunt
South China Morning Post 27 Sep 2021
The Chinese military has criticised the passage on Monday of a warship from the HMS Queen Elizabeth ...
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Paraguay on the brink as historic drought depletes river, its life-giving artery
The Observer 27 Sep 2021
In the shadow of towering grain silos that line the bank of the River Paraná, South America’s second-longest waterway, Lucas Krivenchuk stands watching workers rush to load a barge with soybeans. “Twelve barges had to leave today, but only six will make it out ... “It’s the first time that any have left in two months” ... Photograph ... totally raw materials ... .
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Germany facing difficult coalition talks after election stalemate
Anadolu Agency 27 Sep 2021
Germany is expected to head for long and arduous coalition talks to form a new government amid the latest election impasse, local broadcaster n-tv reported on Monday ... "We will very quickly agree on the course of the talks with the other parties with whom we want to form a government," Scholz said in Berlin ... .
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Lebanon: Suspension of investigation into Beirut blast points to authorities’ brazen attempts to obstruct justice
Amnesty 27 Sep 2021
Responding to a decision by Lebanese authorities to suspend the investigation into the 2020 Beirut port blast, following complaints filed by two MPs summoned for interrogation accusing the leading investigative judge of bias, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Lynn Maalouf, said. ... The post Lebanon ... .
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Saudi-US military ties continue despite rights reset
Al Jazeera 27 Sep 2021
Biden also stated outright that he had no desire to fraternise with “autocrats and dictators” ... Conversely, going through with the helicopter maintenance deal signals the United States has no problems with such behaviour, and Saudi Arabia could continue to get away with this sort of thing without negative consequences, he added. .
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China says Canada should 'draw lessons' from Huawei exec case
Canada Dot Com 27 Sep 2021photo: AP / Felipe Dana
Taliban bans hairdressers from shaving, trimming beards
The Times of India 27 Sep 2021
NEW DELHI. The Taliban have banned hairdressers in Afghanistan's Helmand province from shaving or trimming beards, saying it breaches their interpretation of Islamic law, the BBC reported. Anyone violating the rule will be punished, the Taliban's religious police have said ... "No one has a right to complain," the notice, which was seen by the BBC, read.
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China power crunch is next economic shock beyond Evergrande
Live Mint 27 Sep 2021
China may be diving head first into a power supply shock that could hit Asia’s largest economy hard just as the Evergrande crisis sends shockwaves through its financial system. ... It’s coming first to the country’s mammoth manufacturing industries ... Premium Premium Social Democrats’ narrow win over Angela Merkel’s bloc .... 5 arrested for try .... .
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Emmanuel Macron egged by protester shouting ‘vive la revolution’
The Independent 27 Sep 2021
Emmanuel Macron was struck by a small projectile — believed to be an egg — while surrounded by press and members of the public in Lyon. The object struck the French president on the side of the face before bouncing away during a visit to the Eurexpo convention centre ... .
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South Korean president wants his country to outlaw eating dog meat
New York Post 27 Sep 2021
Dog-lover and South Korean President Moon Jae-in has called on his country to turn on their dog-meat-eating tradition. Approximately 1 million dogs are slaughtered in the South Asian nation annually for the consumption of meat, though the practice has declined as South Koreans — including their leader — have come to embrace dogs as pets ... .
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Singer R. Kelly found guilty of all counts in racketeering and sex trafficking trial
Pinkvilla 28 Sep 2021
R&B singer R Kelly was found guilty by a jury of being the mastermind of a decades-long racketeering and sex trafficking operation that preyed on Black women and children ... As the judgment was announced, he remained still, his eyes downcast, according to The Guardian ... ALSO READ. Certified Lover Boy ... EntertainmentTags. R ... Getty Images, The Guardian.
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ICC prosecutor seeks to resume Afghanistan war crimes probe with focus on Taliban and IS, but not US forces
Dawn 27 Sep 2021
ICC prosecutor seeks to resume Afghanistan probe to focus on alleged war crimes by Taliban and IS, but not US forces. ICC prosecutor seeks to resume Afghanistan war crimes probe with focus on Taliban and IS, but not US forces ... Appeals judges ruled in March 2020 that it could go ahead. .
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Race to the bottom: the disastrous blindfolded rush to mine the deep sea
The Guardian 27 Sep 2021
Few people are aware of its potential consequences, but the impacts are certain to be far-reaching ... the abyssal plains that stretch between continental shelves deep below the oceans ....
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Dutch Prime Minister 'targeted for kidnapping by drug gangs': reports
The Jakarta Post 27 Sep 2021photo: AP / Nasser Shiyoukhi
Britain Is Ensuring the Death of a Palestinian State
Consortium News 27 Sep 2021
As long as Britain and other states continue to superficially endorse a two-state solution, Israel will become entrenched as a full-blown apartheid state with international blessing, writes Ilan Pappé. Sudden refugees forever, Palestine Nakba 1948. (Hanini, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons). By Ilan Pappé. Declassified U.K ... Security Council. Daily Abuses ... .
